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We have a renault grand scenic 1.6 petrol. We have recently bought a Bailey Pageant Auvergne 2002, which the dealer says has an MTPLM of 1300. I think it's probably higher then that.

We have been thinking of upgrading to a 1.5 diesal version of the grand scenic. Does anyone have any experience of towing with these cars. We are new to caravanning, having just left behind a large and cumbersome 6 man tent.

a quick search reveals... Your Bailey is 135 kg too heavy for this car!!!!

perhaps have a look at a bigger tow vehicle..

Hi and welcome to ukcs.  I tow with a grand scenic but my van is only about 950 mtplm so no probs.  the deisel and petrol both have mtplm of 1300 look here http://www.renault.co.uk/CarsDataPages.aspx?mm=newgrandscenic&m=scenic so i don't know if you will be better off or not mine gives me about 28 miles to the gallon.  Hope this helps.

Cheers Paul.

Hi

we have a renault Grand Scenic (petrol) and in October we towed our van from Liverpool to Plymouth and after ferry crossing from santander to Alicante ( campling la Marina) and apart from being sluggish coming over the moutains either side of Madrid, it was perfect and handled great, so I am sure it will be suitable for your requirements and it is not to bad on the petrol as well .

As I have said before on other postings, we only had our grand senic for about 3 months as it would not pull any caravan with 7 people in it ,we could only pull a 2 berth with 5 in it, renault impose weight restrictions which the sales poeple didn't tell us about eventhough we told them we may be buying a caravan.

Denise

you really ought to read this post

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=20&TopicID=49788&SearchPagePosition=1&search=geraintrees&searchMode=allwords&searchIn=Author&forum=20&searchSort=dateDESC&ReturnPage=Search

Thanks to everyone for their advice on our grand scenic/ pageant auvergne combo. 

Does anyone have any ideas for a (reasonably priced) 7 seater that would pull the pageant?

our previous car was a Nissan Terrano which is what we swopped the senic for when we found out the weight problems.It was excellent for towing and could seat 7 but not enough room behind the 3rd row of seats for the dog, our was a new one so not sure how much they are used.

Denise

Hi Andy, how did you manage to get the information from renault i am having a nightmare getting something documented i dont have a caravan yet but am seriously looking and dont have the luxury of changing vehicle.